space opera spectacular ultimately grossed
$2,058,662,225 (£1,424,280,000) at the
worldwide box office, as of 2 Jun 2016.Oldest Batman
Ben Affleck (USA, b. 15 Aug 1972) was 43 years
223 days old when Batman v Superman: Dawn
of Justice (USA) was released on 25 Mar 2016,
making him the oldest actor to play Batman in a
feature film. His nearest rival is Michael Keaton
(USA, b. 5 Sep 1951), who was aged 40 years
288 days when he donned the Batsuit for Batman
Returns (USA/UK), released on 19 Jun 1992.MOST...
Disney film roles in a calendar year
Actor Idris Elba (UK) provided the voices for
Fluke in Finding Dory, Chief Bogo in Zootopia
and the Bengal tiger Shere Khan in The Jungle
Book (all USA, 2016).Film appearances as a werewolf
Spanish actor Paul Naschy (aka Jacinto
Molina Alvarez) first got a taste for playing the
“wolfman” in the film La Marca del Hombre Lobo,
also known as Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror (ESP,
1968). He went on to appear as a werewolf in
14 films over the next four decades, taking his
lycanthropic character Waldemar Daninsky to
the Himalayas in The Werewolf and The Yeti, aka
Night of the Howling Beast (ESP, 1975), to Japan
in The Beast and the Magic Sword (ESP/JPN,
1982) and to South America for his final werewolf
outing in A Werewolf in the Amazon (BRA, 2005).Oscar nominees in one movie
Robert Altman’s The Player (USA, 1992) features
23 Oscar nominees. The cast includes 13 Oscar
winners (Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg,
Sydney Pollack, Cher, James Coburn, Joel Grey,
Jack Lemmon, Marlee Matlin, Julia Roberts,
Susan Sarandon, Rod Steiger, Louise Fletcher
and Anjelica Huston). It also stars 10 further
Oscar nominees (Dean Stockwell, Karen Black,
Gary Busey, Peter Falk, Sally Kellerman, Sally
Kirkland, Burt
Reynolds, Lily
Tomlin, Teri Garr
and Nick Nolte).Movie Stars
ARTS & MEDIA
MOST OSCAR
NOMINATIONS
WITHOUT WINNING
Long-suffering
sound mixer Kevin
O’Connell (USA)
received a total of
20 Oscar nominations- starting with Te rms
of Endearment (USA,
- at the 1984
Academy Awards
- without a single
win. His luck finally
changed at the 2017
ceremony, where he
shared a Best Sound
Mixing award with
Andy Wright, Robert
Mackenzie and Peter
Grace (all AUS) for
Hacksaw Ridge (USA/
AUS, 2016).
The top 10 highest-earning movie stars took home a collective
$471.5 m (£322.72 m) in 2016, according to Forbes.Based on bankability data
from The‑Numbers.com, we
present all the ingredients
you need to produce the
ultimate blockbuster...Supporting actor:
Warwick Davis (UK)
$13,254,450,305Leading actress:
Emma Watson (UK)
$7,787,852,895Highest‑grossing actor
from cameo appearances only
With movies based on his creations often
breaking box-office records, it’s perhaps
unsurprising that Marvel Comics mastermind
Stan Lee (USA) would want to play his part in
front of the camera too. The 36 films in which
he has made cameo appearances since his
cinematic debut in Mallrats (USA, 1995), through
to his role in Doctor Strange (USA, 2016), had
grossed $18,777,702,132 (£15,024,000,000)
worldwide as of 24 Mar 2017, according to
The-Numbers.com.Most profitable Hollywood actress
No other female actor in Hollywood has
returned more profit relative to what they were
paid than Avengers star Scarlett Johansson
(USA), according to Forbes. In her last three
major films up to 1 Jun 2016, including Captain
America: Civil War (2016) and Lucy (2014), she
grossed $88.60 (£60.64) for every $1 (£0.68)
that she received. For the most profitable
Hollywood actor, see opposite.Highest‑paid James Bond
British actor Daniel Craig’s salary for portraying
James Bond in Spectre (UK/USA, 2015) is
estimated to have totalled $39 m (£25.4 m).
This makes Craig by far the highest-paid actor
ever to have appeared as Bond, even allowing
for inflation.
In Spectre, Craig is seen wearing clothes
and accessories that have a combined retail
value of at least £39,060 ($56,220). That also
makes Bond the most expensively dressed
movie character.
Sean Connery and Roger Moore (both UK)
both starred as British secret agent 007 seven
times, the most appearances as James
Bond. Connery appeared in the first Bond
movie, Dr No (UK, 1962), and Moore made
his debut in Live and Let Die (UK, 1973).
Jesper Christensen (DNK) is the first actor
to play the same villain in three separate
James Bond films: the most appearances
as a Bond villain. Christensen appeared as the
character Mr White in Casino Royale (UK/USA/
CZE/DEU/ITA, 2006), Quantum of Solace (UK/
USA, 2008) and Spectre.Oldest top‑billed star
in a billion‑grossing film
Actor Harrison Ford (USA, b. 13 Jul 1942)
was 73 years 156 days old when
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force
Awakens (USA) was released to
cinemas on 16 Dec 2015. TheQ: What was the first
movie released in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe?
(USA, 2008)Iron ManA:HIGHEST ANNUAL EARNINGS
FOR A FILM ACTOR (EVER)
According to Forbes, the greatest amount of money
that any movie actor has earned in a single year is
$80 m (£50.8 m). This was first achieved by Will
Smith (USA, right) in 2007–08, following success
with releases such as I Am Legend (USA, 2007)
and Hancock (USA, 2008). It was matched
by Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr (USA,
left) in 2014–15, following the release of
Avengers: Age of Ultron (USA, 2015).Leading actor:
Tom Hanks (USA)
$9,283,733,292Supporting actress:
Sherry Lynn (USA)
$7,918,738,027Director:
Steven Spielberg (USA)
$9,755,487,265Producer: Kevin Feige (USA)
$10,896,167,397Cinematographer:
Andrew Lesnie (AUS)
$7,960,202,614Screenwriter:
Steve Kloves (USA)
$7,575,525,594Composer:
Hans Zimmer (DEU)
$26,339,539,415
172US actor
Tom Cruise had
been linked with the
first Iron^ Man
movie,
before Robert DowneyJr
took the part. Cruise was
also one of the actors
mooted for I^ Am Legend,
before Will Smith
claimed the
lead^ role.Source: The-Numbers.com;
correct as of 1 Mar 2017